Friday, March 24th, from 6:00-8:00PM. The cost is $3.00 and food/drinks are for sale. Wear sports clothing (jersey, team hat/shirt, Raider’s gear, etc.), receive a raffle ticket for a prize drawing. Fun activities to look forward to: basketball toss, musical chairs, and more!

Arrival and Dismissal from Dances:

Students enter through the gymnasium doors and sign themselves into the dance.

School Expectations (Safe, Achieving, Caring) remain at all evening events and that includes dances.

At the end of our dances, chaperones and staff will walk students through the building to our front lobby. We will dismiss from there.

Please be prompt for pick up as staff and chaperones need to get home, too. If your student does not have a ride home, please don’t send them to our dances unless they have made arrangements before coming to the dance.

YEAR BOOK

Looking for pictures of this year's 8th grade students in their younger years (kindergarten and up). If you have any, please send them to award@fcsuvt.org and they will be considered for the 8th grade memory book.

PICTURES AND REPORTS

Several of our students were recognized in the Fish and Aquatic Conservation Education Highlights Journal:

Sharing our Wetlands with Biologists

The Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (FWCO) hosted the northeast region’s Partners and Coastal Programs biologists training. Part of the training included a site visit and guided tour of a restored wetland on the property of the St. Albans City Elementary School in northwestern Vermont. They enlisted help from a couple of loyal volunteers who have been working with the Lake Champlain FWCO and Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge on wetland restoration for three years, and know the area very well. Those volunteers were Liam Sawyer and Bella Swan – both 7th graders! Liam wrote a story about his experience for his school, which will be published as a blog soon, but here is an excerpt.

When I arrived at school, they told me I was giving a tour outside to some visiting biologists, so I put on boots and went out to check on the wetlands before the biologists arrived. I was concerned because earlier that summer a group of high-schoolers had stolen a lawn mower and drove through the wetlands. Luckily, the wetlands were doing great, …I started this project when I was in fourth grade so I have had a lot of experience. I thought this was really fun for two reasons. I got to be in the wetlands for an hour, and I got to show and talk to biologists from as far away as Virginia about our wetlands project and our school.

Keep your eye out for Liam Sawyer and Bella Swan, future Director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Secretary of the Interior!

Voyagers P.E. - Gymnastics and other kinds of exercise with Mr. Branon and Ms. Jarvis